Smartisan
Smartisan Technology Co., Ltd., commonly known as Smartisan, was a Chinese multinational technology company headquartered in Beijing and Chengdu. It designed and marketed consumer electronic devices and online services. Its hardware product line included the Smartisan smartphone and the Smartisan earphone. Its consumer software included the Smartisan OS operating system. Its online services included the Smartisan Store, the Smartisan Market and Smiling Cloud.
History
Smartisan was founded by Luo Yonghao on 28 May 2012, to develop and sell smartphones.On March 27, 2013, Smartisan announced Smartisan OS, a smartphone platform based on the Android operating system.
On May 20, 2014, Smartisan announced their first smartphone, the Smartisan T1. It received the iF Gold Award, noted for its coherent design and polished details.
On December 29, 2015, Smartisan announced their second smartphone, the Smartisan T2.
In 2018, Smartisan launched Bullet Messenger, a messenger app for iOS & Android devices. It is not available on App Store or the Play Store currently. By the second half of 2018 Smartisan had racked up 600,000,000 RMB in debt. Yonghao Luo declared on Weibo that he wouldn't file for bankruptcy, instead hoping to make money through "busking".
In 2019, Smartisan debuted the disposable vape & e-cigarette sub-brand Flow. It was praised by iF for its sleek designs.
According to ByteDance for a YiCai article, In 2019, the company acqui-hired Smartisan, taking over their patents and signing contracts with all of its hardware division employees and some of its software division employees. It was rumored by market analysts that ByteDance planned to produce education hardware, such as smart desk lamps. Notably, Smartisan's next phone, the Nut Pro 3, was preinstalled with Douyin, the Chinese-localized version of TikTok.
In 2021, ByteDance halted Smartisan's device production to refocus on its line of hardware products for the education sector. It has not yet put on sale any education hardware.
In December 2025, ByteDance and ZTE announced Nubia M153, an "engineering prototype" only available for order online, which included Doubao, an operating system-level large action model. Doubao is able to perform tasks on the phone, such as tapping, through a GUI Agent. The phone uses Obric UI, a customized Android environment made by ByteDance.
Etymology
According to the company website, the English name "Smartisan" is a portmanteau of "smart" and "artisan", signifying "artisanship in the smartphone era". "锤子" literally translates to "hammer", as depicted in the company's logo.Products
Smartphones
Portable monitors
TNT- Smartisan TNT
- Smartisan TNT go
Earphones
- Smartisan TWS
- Smartisan TWS Pro
- Smartisan neck mount